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Personal Life Goals and Relationship Criteria

After discussing personal goals and relationship criteria with a friend of mine, I thought it would be very beneficial if I wrote these down. For one it would get me thinking about where I want to go in life and it would serve as a reminder for when I get off track or seem to forget where I was planning on going. So, here is where I’m thinking things should be heading in my life.Let me know what you think. What am I missing? Are there any areas where I am off track? If you haven’t done this yourself, you might want to take a few minutes (hours, days) to think about this so your life has some direction. Also, reading The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren might provide some insight. Take 40 of your 2,550,000 days on earth to make each of those days have some meaning.

Personal Goals:

Constantly remind myself I’m not in control of my life

Know that I don’t want that responsibility

I don’t want to feel guilty for mistakes

I don’t want to fill myself with pride thinking I brought about a positive outcome

Read at least one devotional a day five days a week

Don’t assume that I already have mastered the daily topic

Stop looking how the devotional I’m reading could apply to others

I’m responsible for myself, not others

Remind myself that no problem is out of God’s control

Trust God to take care of problems

Don’t question God’s method

Know that sacrifice, pain, and confusion now is only a teaching experience that I will look back on and understand there was no better way for me to learn and grow

Spend time talking to God

Be real with God

Tell Him what I’m struggling with

Tell Him what I’m confused about

Tell Him why I don’t know the way things are and what I want changed

Tell Him I am hurting and need comfort

Tell Him that I am angry with Him when I am

Ask for wisdom to know how to handle situations and the strength to follow through with the wise decisions

Build a reputation of integrity

Know my moral boundaries and do not compromise them

It only takes once to ruin a reputation, but a lifetime to build

Have the strength to overcome fears about what others will think of me when I don’t go along with mainstream ideas

Ask God daily for help to know what path to take to build this reputation

Don’t hide my past or current failures

Don’t allow others to question if I’m putting on a front, be open and honest from the start

I am an atheist so I understand your post a little differently. I hope my understanding doesn’t offend anyone.

Everything that you have said about your relationship with God and even significant other, translates to mean to me a relationship with my own higher self. Even the significant other as a part of me, like a mirror in some ways and a nurturer that I am not to myself. The realization is strong. Its impact on me is strong. The fact that I can recognize what my higher self is like made me tear up. I am striving to live up to the standards of my higher self.

P.S. You can use what I said to further reaffirm your belief in God! 🙂